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In Wake of Protests, Bangladesh Approves Death Penalty for Rape | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

Bangladesh approved the death penalty for rape on Oct 13, after days of protests on the streets and on social media against the high incidents of sexual violence against women in the country. There has been a recent spike in sexual crimes in Bangladesh, with nearly 1,000 incidents reported from January to September this year. More than a fifth of […]

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(1865) Henry Highland Garnet, “Let The Monster Perish”

On February 12, 1865, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave and now pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., became the first African American to speak in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. His sermon was delivered on Sunday, February 12, 1865 within days

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Tanzanian Doctors Sound Alarm Over Hidden Coronavirus Cases

The Tanzanian government's tepid response to COVID-19 and seeming lack of transparency over coronavirus cases is fuelling concern that it is covering up the true extent of the pandemic, according to doctors and health experts in the East African

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Stokely Carmichael

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Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

The Haitian Revolution has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony. The Haitian Revolution, however, was

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William Monroe Trotter's Equal Rights League

In 1901 William Monroe Trotter (1873-1934) founded the Boston Equal Rights League to push for civil and human rights for Black people. The league operated nine years before the establishment of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).

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(1922) Marcus Garvey, "The Principles of The Universal Negro Improvement Association"

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Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

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Barnes, Emery (1929-1998)

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Second inauguration of Barack Obama

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Johnson, Eddie Bernice (1935- )

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Ali, Holder, rapper Nas among 2015 DuBois Medal recipients

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(1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”

On February 13, 1965, Malcolm Xs home in New York City was bombed. He and his family were not hurt and he decided to keep a longstanding speaking commitment at Detroit, arriving the next day to give the presentation below. This proved however to be his last public appearance. One week later on

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Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in

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(1900) W.E.B. Du Bois, “To the Nations of the World,”

W.E.B. Dubois would eventually emerge as a founder of the NAACP, a leading human rights activists and the most important African American intellectual of the 20th Century. However those developments lay in the future when the 32-year-old DuBois gave the closing address at the first Pan African

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Mathieu, Gail Dennise (1951?- )

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(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”

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Congress Needs to Reboot Our Economy – Here’s How.

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Annan, Kofi Atta

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(2009) Barack Obama, "A New Beginning Between the United States and the Muslim World"

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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: A Brief History

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Robinson, Todd D. (1963- )

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Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her hits Fast Car and Give Me One Reason, along with other singles Talkin bout a Revolution, Baby Can I Hold You, Crossroads, New Beginning and Telling Stories. She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning

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Colombia ranks among the top five nations with the greatest diversity of plant and animal species in the world; more different kinds of birds and amphibians make their home here than in any other place on the

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Moore, Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" (1951- )

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